By John Stammers

Dec 27, 2012 8:56:00 AM

The Mexican striker netted in the 90th minute to give the Red
Devils a massive victory over Newcastle on Boxing Day, which, with
rivals Manchester City losing to Sunderland, puts them seven points
clear at the top of the Premier League table.

The 24-year-old Hernandez was granted a first-team role with both
Wayne Rooney (knee) and Danny Welbeck (illness) unavailable, but
the match was only his fourth start in the league this season, with
the striker not yet reaching 20 league starts in a full term.

The former Chivas Guadalajara man acknowledges that Sir Alex
Ferguson has other high-quality options to select but is determined
to prove his worth and eventually become a regular choice.

"Ask any player in the world and they will tell you they want to
play every game," Chicharito told reporters. "But the competition
here is incredible. It is the biggest club in the world. You need
to be aware there are five strikers who want to be part of the
games. I have to prove, in one minute or 90, that I want to
start."

Though he did net the eventual winner late in the game, Hernandez
wasted two golden opportunities to possibly seal the vital three
points earlier in the day. He insisted that he never dwells on
missed chances in order to stay focused for the next one, though,
while stating the most important thing was that the club secured
victory in the end.

"I didn't have those things in my mind," Chicharito said. "You
cannot afford to regret every chance you miss, because if you do
you, will never be concentrated for the next opportunity. You are
never going to play the perfect game. You will never score five
goals from five opportunities. That is the beauty of football. The
most important thing was the win because here there are no
heroes.

"It doesn't matter if I score in the last minute or we score four
goals. We won and Manchester City lost. That is very good news." Follow GOAL.COM on